NCLA Amicus Brief Asks Supreme Court to Hear Case Challenging NLRB's Unfair Injunction Standard

Washington, D.C., Nov. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has deprived Starbucks of property without due process of law via an administrative enforcement proceeding, utilizing a preliminary injunction it obtained without even establishing that the company likely broke the law. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld the district court injunction per a textually baseless doctrine that allows an employer to be punished based on legal and factual allegations that fall far short of meeting the ordinary preliminary injunction standard. The New Civil Liberties Alliance has filed an amicus curiae brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney case, reverse the Sixth Circuit's error, and overturn the injunction.

The Supreme Court has made clear, in a variety of statutory contexts, that federal courts may not issue preliminary injunctions unless the party seeking the injunction has met four requirements. It must establish that: (1) it is likely to succeed on the merits; (2) it would suffer irreparable injury absent an injunction; (3) the balance of equities favors an injunction; and (4) an injunction serves the public interest. Yet, five federal circuit courts, including the Sixth Circuit, apply a far more relaxed standard when ...

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